| 100% | GOETHE | 6 | Who wrote "A true German can't stand the French, / Yet willingly he drinks their wines" |
| 29% | MELTS | 5 | Can't stand the heat, in a way |
| 28% | HEGEL | 5 | German philosopher who wrote "The true is the whole" |
| 26% | CHELSEA | 7 | 1990s First Daughter Clinton who wrote the children's book "Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference" |
| 26% | KAL | 3 | Actor Penn who wrote the memoir "You Can't Be Serious" |
| 25% | THOREAU | 7 | Philosopher who wrote, “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison” |
| 25% | MILNE | 5 | Children's author who wrote "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly" |
| 25% | BANKSY | 6 | Anonymous graffiti artist who wrote, “A wall is a very big weapon. It’s one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with” |
| 25% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Composer who wrote, about crosswords, "A good clue can give you all the pleasures of being duped that a mystery story can" |
| 25% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer who wrote A Visit from the Goon Squad |
| 25% | CAHN | 4 | Sammy who wrote the lyrics to "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
| 24% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 24% | HEINE | 5 | German poet who wrote "Don't send a poet to London" |
| 24% | POE | 3 | Who wrote the line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 24% | SAGS | 4 | Can't stand the weight |
| 24% | ATONAL | 6 | Like music written by a composer who couldn't find their keys? |
| 24% | THEEMOJIMOVIE | 13 | Animated film starring T.J. Miller as the voice of Gene, a texting image who can make multiple expressions: 3 wds. |
| 24% | HOMER | 5 | Who wrote "By their own follies they perished, the fools" |
| 24% | DREADS | 6 | Can't stand the idea of |
| 24% | WILTS | 5 | Can't stand the heat, say |
| 23% | NUDIST | 6 | Person who can't be the victim of a pickpocket |
| 23% | CRAWL | 5 | Move like a baby who can't walk yet |
| 23% | WIL | 3 | Actor Wheaton who wrote the memoir "Just a Geek" |
| 23% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who wrote "In a Station of the Metro" |
| 23% | TREVOR | 6 | Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical "Born a Crime" |
| 23% | LAPDESK | 7 | Support for those who can't stand writing |
| 23% | SHERMANALEXIE | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 2007's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian": 2 wds. |
| 23% | TEE | 3 | The letter T, written as a word |
| 23% | NERUDA | 6 | Poet who wrote "Tonight I can write the saddest lines" |
| 23% | THOREAU | 7 | Philosopher who wrote "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty" |